vs 2008 Beta, Outlook 2007 addin not loading on non dev machine

[tsank]

Hi,

I'm fairly new to the .net environment (a few months) and after endless
searching or newsgroups and forums I haven't found an answer to my addin load
problem. Here's the scenario:

- I created an outlook 2007 addin via vs 2008 beta
- The addin contains a simple ribbon control which loads fine in Outlook on
my dev machine

Now I want to install the addin on another machine:
I carefully followed this walkthrough, "Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools
for Office Second Edition Solutions Using Windows Installer (Part 1 of 2)"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332051.aspx, since it was
suggested by many who seemed to have the same issues with addins not loading.
All the prerequisites install correctly and no errors occured in the install
of the addin. Unfortunately the addin still did not load and no errors appear
when opening Outlook on the non-dev machine.

Questions:
- The only thing that seemed odd is that viewing the registry of the setup
project, I expected my addint o show up under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software

[Manufacturer]". Am I incorrect in thinkin this or am I missing something

here?

- The doc mentioned using ClickOnce Deployment for Office 2007 addins built
with vs 2008. I felt it was a bit overhaul since I just wanted to quickly
test my addin on a non-dev machine and figured a setup project could provide
that. Am I wrong in thinking this? Has anyone used ClickOnce successfully for
an office 2007 addin via vs 2008?

 

[tsank]

Solved the issue. Right-clicking on the project and selecting "Pulish..."
copied allt he install files to my machine that was installable with no
issues on a non-dev machine.

Hi,

I'm fairly new to the .net environment (a few months) and after endless
searching or newsgroups and forums I haven't found an answer to my addin load
problem. Here's the scenario:

- I created an outlook 2007 addin via vs 2008 beta
- The addin contains a simple ribbon control which loads fine in Outlook on
my dev machine

Now I want to install the addin on another machine:
I carefully followed this walkthrough, "Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools
for Office Second Edition Solutions Using Windows Installer (Part 1 of 2)"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332051.aspx, since it was
suggested by many who seemed to have the same issues with addins not loading.
All the prerequisites install correctly and no errors occured in the install
of the addin. Unfortunately the addin still did not load and no errors appear
when opening Outlook on the non-dev machine.

Questions:
- The only thing that seemed odd is that viewing the registry of the setup
project, I expected my addint o show up under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > Software

[Manufacturer]". Am I incorrect in thinkin this or am I missing something

here?

- The doc mentioned using ClickOnce Deployment for Office 2007 addins built
with vs 2008. I felt it was a bit overhaul since I just wanted to quickly
test my addin on a non-dev machine and figured a setup project could provide
that. Am I wrong in thinking this? Has anyone used ClickOnce successfully for
an office 2007 addin via vs 2008?